Weenie Hut Jr.

  Every year I get so excited to do these power rankings but during the slog of the season I start to question my obsession with doing them. During the midseason it definitely gets to be a bit repetitive, but now that the season is over and here I am writing the last one of the year, I’m already excited to do this again next year. And to hold us over until the next power ranking, I’ll give y’all my predictions for this upcoming year so you guys can look forward to them.  1 Return of the King Trades places with Derek Our 2x champion isn’t done. After steam rolling through the season with a loaded roster (the contribution of the trade will be discussed in a very near future article) Brian kept it going through the playoffs with maybe a little help from Justin Jefferson. But he isn’t done. Trading with Derek has been working out so well he decides to take it to the next level. That’s right, this year Brian decides to trade places with Derek (I don’t want this trade to happen but ...

After listening to Phil complain about how many times he’s left 30 burgers on the bench, I wanted to take a deeper dive into analyzing start/sit accuracy. While working through this effort, many questions have surfaced about management and mismanagement of teams, and how roster moves, drafting, and luck weighs in on a team’s overall performance.  Phil makes twice as many roster moves as the next person, but does that really matter if he’s going to leave the big scorers on the bench every week? Do constant waiver wire moves just cover up poor ability to take the right players in the draft?  How lucky is Ethan? Can looking at numbers give insight into anything, or is trading for Derrick Henry the only clear path to victory in this league? Quick breakdown of how I looked through each matchup: Each manager has the potential to start 9 players correctly each week. Therefore, a perfect week would be starting all 9 correctly. As the results will show, this provides small separation...